Answers sought after Monday night homicide

Just a few feet from the 700 block of Williams Street, a grieving family remembers the life of Devon Wayne Jones, 30, who died from a gunshot wound to the back Monday around 10:39 p.m.

Photo by Janet S. Carter / The Free Press

By Wes Wolfe / Staff writer

Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 08:59 AM.

As the clock ticked into its second 12 hours since the homicide of Devon Wayne Jones, family members endeavored to make sense of his death and law enforcement continued work to ascertain his killer.

Jones, 30, died from a gunshot wound to the back at his mother’s home in the 700 block of Williams Street around 10:39 p.m. Monday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bullets fired at Jones and the holes they punched open in the residence’s vinyl siding were clear in the Tuesday morning daylight, along with evidence stickers placed below the bullet holes by the Kinston Department of Public Safety’s crime scene investigators.

Pauline Jackson, who lives in a house next door, said she didn’t see who was responsible.

“No I didn’t — all I’d seen was him laying in the house,” Jackson said. “Didn’t see nobody. When I got out here all the police and everybody else was out here.”

Anyone with any information on the incident is encouraged to contact KDPS Cmdr. Tim Dilday at 252-939-3213.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.

As the clock ticked into its second 12 hours since the homicide of Devon Wayne Jones, family members endeavored to make sense of his death and law enforcement continued work to ascertain his killer.

Jones, 30, died from a gunshot wound to the back at his mother’s home in the 700 block of Williams Street around 10:39 p.m. Monday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bullets fired at Jones and the holes they punched open in the residence’s vinyl siding were clear in the Tuesday morning daylight, along with evidence stickers placed below the bullet holes by the Kinston Department of Public Safety’s crime scene investigators.

Pauline Jackson, who lives in a house next door, said she didn’t see who was responsible.

“No I didn’t — all I’d seen was him laying in the house,” Jackson said. “Didn’t see nobody. When I got out here all the police and everybody else was out here.”

Anyone with any information on the incident is encouraged to contact KDPS Cmdr. Tim Dilday at 252-939-3213.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.

Original story:

Around 10:39 p.m. on Monday, police officers from the Kinston Department of Public Safety responded to a shots fired call at 706 Williams St. Upon arriving at the location, officers found Devon Jones, 30, lying on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound to his back. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The house had also been struck several times by gunfire. The incident is still under investigation.

Police are asking for your help; if you have information, call KDPS Commander Tim Dilday at 252-939-3213.